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  MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, sister admitted after testing Covid positive, mother infected too

  India | October 23, 2021 21:20 IST

  Raj Thackeray, 53, had recently visited Nashik, Pune and Thane and had met party leaders in Mumbai ahead of next year's civic polls. 

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  Negative RT-PCR report mandatory for all international passengers coming to India: Health Ministry

  India | October 20, 2021 17:22 IST

  International passengers are required to fill a mandatory self-declaration form if they wish to enter India.

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  UK to allow cheaper COVID-19 tests for returning vaccinated travellers

  World | October 15, 2021 17:02 IST

  These eligible fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from countries, not on the red list can take an LFT on or before day two of their arrival from October 24, rather than PCR tests.  

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  Kerala HC quashes state govt's order to reduce Covid RT-PCR tests rates in private labs

  India | October 04, 2021 14:53 IST

  The RT-PCR test rate in Punjab is Rs 415 while it costs Rs 500 in Maharashtra, Haryana and Uttarakhand, the government said. 

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  Haridwar: Non-bailable warrant issued against accused of Mahakumbh fake COVID testing scam

  India | August 29, 2021 14:09 IST

  Earlier on June 17, the Uttarakhand government had ordered the Haridwar district administration to register an FIR in the COVID testing scam during the Mahakumbh.  

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  Bihar makes RT-PCR negative report must for passengers coming from Kerala

  India | August 27, 2021 11:45 IST

  "If any passenger is not carrying the RT-PCR negative report, we've the provision to send him to an isolation centre for 14 days," said an official of the Bihar health department.

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  Two Uttarakhand officials suspended for involvement in Kumbh Mela fake testing scam

  India | August 27, 2021 10:44 IST

  The action is based on the recommendation of a probe committee set up by the Haridwar District Magistrate to look into the fake testing scam.

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  Indians with travel plans to Canada struggling with norm to take RTPCR test in third country

  India | August 20, 2021 14:12 IST

  The only way for Indian students who got admission to Canada varsities is to take a connecting flight to Canada and obtain a negative RT-PCR certificate from a third country.

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  Researchers develop new faster, cheaper COVID-19 test that uses pencil lead

  World | August 16, 2021 20:41 IST

  The Low-cost Electrochemical Advanced Diagnostic (LEAD) test gives 100-per cent-accurate results from saliva samples and up to 88 per cent accuracy in nasal samples, the researchers said.

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  Kumbh scam: False negative testing by labs led to incorrect positivity rate, reveals probe

  India | August 07, 2021 8:05 IST

  The ED said it has seized "incriminating documents, bogus bills, laptops, mobile phones and property documents and Rs 30.9 lakh cash" during the raids that were ongoing.

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  Conduct of other tests by private labs can't justify cap on RT-PCR price: Kerala HC to state govt

  India | August 06, 2021 14:49 IST

  KMSC, cannot justify capping of RT-PCR price at Rs 500 on the ground that private labs are carrying out other tests and can make profits out of those, said Kerala HC on Friday.

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  Tamil Nadu makes negative RT-PCR report mandatory for people coming from Kerala

  India | August 01, 2021 14:29 IST

  RT-PCR report is mandatory for people coming from Kerala to Tamil Nadu from August 5.

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  Karnataka to put in place compulsory testing to stop COVID spread: CM Basavaraj Bommai

  India | July 30, 2021 13:39 IST

  Bommai, who is on his 1st visit to Delhi as CM, also said the state govt will further strengthen the state health infrastructure to combat the current wave.

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  China begins mass testing for COVID-19 cases in Nanjing city after new virus cluster

  World | July 21, 2021 20:57 IST

  Nanjing, which has a population of more than 9.3 million, plans to carry out city-wide nucleic acid testing after the campaign in Jiangning district concludes, the municipal government said.

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  Inter-state bus passengers being screened for COVID-19: UP official

  India | July 19, 2021 16:17 IST

  People traveling to Uttar Pradesh by bus from neighboring Delhi and Uttarakhand are being screened for COVID-19 at bus stations, a senior official of the UP State Roadways Transport Corporation said on Monday.

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  Assam withdraws exemption of COVID testing for vaccinated people

  India | July 16, 2021 15:02 IST

  The decision to withdraw the exemption was taken after cases of persons testing positive for COVID-19 even after having taken both doses of the vaccine were detected in the state.

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  Government sets up two more labs in Hyderabad, Pune for Covid vaccine testing

  India | July 05, 2021 9:39 IST

  Two more Central Drug Laboratories have been readied at Pune and Hyderabad for Covid vaccine testing.

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  No sufficient data to be alarmed about Delta Plus variant: Maha COVID-19 task force member

  India | June 23, 2021 11:38 IST

  Maharashtra COVID-19 task force member Dr Shashank Joshi on Wednesday said there is no sufficient data available to be alarmed about the 'Delta Plus' variant of coronavirus.

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  Uttarakhand: SIT to probe fake Covid testing during Kumbh

  India | June 19, 2021 9:12 IST

  The Uttarakhand Police has set up a special investigation team to probe allegations that fake Covid tests were conducted during the Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

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  Delhi-bound passengers from these 3 states not required to carry negative RT-PCR test: SpiceJet

  India | June 14, 2021 17:27 IST

  SpiceJet on Monday informed that Delhi-bound passengers from Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are not required to carry a negative RT-PCR test report anymore.